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Sachs disease ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Sachs disease - a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhoodinfantile amaurotic idiocy, Tay-Sachs, Tay-Sachs diseasemonogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genesautosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease - a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosomelipidosis - a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body |
Sachs disease
Synonyms for Sachs diseasenoun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern EuropeSynonyms- infantile amaurotic idiocy
- Tay-Sachs
- Tay-Sachs disease
Related Words- monogenic disease
- monogenic disorder
- autosomal recessive defect
- autosomal recessive disease
- lipidosis
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